Aslib Journal of Information Management: Volume 72 Issue 3

Reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS) of computer science papers from Eastern Europe

Dalibor Fiala, Lutz Bornmann

The current article presents the results of a case study dealing with the historical roots of Eastern European researchers in computer science.

Examining associations between university students' mobile social media use, online self-presentation, social support and sense of belonging

Hua Pang

The primary objectives of the article are to systematically investigate the effects of differentiated functions of WeChat use (social use and recreational use) on university…

Understanding the use of YouTube as a learning resource: a social cognitive perspective

Quan Zhou, Chei Sian Lee, Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Sijie Lin, Huijie Hu, Muhammad Fahmi Firdaus Bin Ismail

Drawing from social cognitive theory, the purpose of this study is to examine how personal, environmental and behavioral factors can interplay to influence people's use of YouTube…

How researchers view altmetrics: an investigation of ISSI participants

Xiaojuan Liu, Yu Wei, Zhuojing Zhao

The purpose of this study is to explore informetrics researchers' use of social media for academic activities, their attitudes to the applicability of altmetrics in research…

Appraising information literacy skills of students in Singapore

Shaheen Majid, Schubert Foo, Yun Ke Chang

To investigate information literacy (IL) skills of secondary students in Singapore after integration of these skills into school curriculum. The study also explored cyber wellness…

Reusing qualitative video data: matching reuse goals and criteria for selection

Jihyun Kim, Kara Suzuka, Elizabeth Yakel

This research investigated the reuse of Video Records of Practice (VRPs) – i.e. a type of qualitative data documenting teaching and learning in educational settings. It studied…

Editorial cartoon collections: a review of indexing challenges

Oliver Stead, Chern Li Liew

The difficulty of attributing subject to editorial cartoons for indexing purposes exists both for traditional paper-based cartoon formats and for digitized or born-digital…